a16z-Backed Academy Raises $42M to Rewire Education With Altman and Huang as Speakers
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-09-23
The Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a new San Francisco school for ambitious high school graduates, has raised $42M led by a16z, with Gagan Biyani as CEO and Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg on the board.
Key facts:
- One-year, tuition-free Founding Class Fellowship in SF, applications now open; a paid two-year program is planned pending regulatory approval, priced near top US private universities. The school is also hiring.
- Students spend most of their time building projects independently or in teams, with emphasis on making ideas real and building networks.
- Speakers include Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Fei-Fei Li, Satya Nadella, Mira Murati, Dylan Field, Naval Ravikant, and Tyler Cowen — over 200 in total.
- Founding partners: Anduril, Anthropic, Coinbase, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Palantir, Replit, and Stripe, plus 50+ hiring partners.
Related event: a16z Launches Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a Free Alternative to College(31 posts)→
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